This project aims to evaluate the current state of reliability and uniformity of U.S. voting systems; to establish uniform attributes and quantitative guidelines for performance and reliability of voting systems; and to propose specific uniform guidelines and requirements for reliable voting systems

Charles Stewart III is a Professor of Political Science at MIT, where he is a member of the Caltech-MIT Voting Technology Project. His recent research on election reform explores the concept of residual votes and the accuracy and reliability of various voting systems.

Daniel Tokaji is an Assistant Professor of Law at the Ohio State University's Moritz College of Law and the Associate Director of Election Law @ Moritz.

Directed by early voting scholar Paul Gronke and housed at Reed College, the Early Voting Information Center provides news and research on and a state-by-state overview of early voting issues.

Part of the Institute for Governmental Studies at the University of California at Berkeley, the Election Administration Research Center (EARC) aims to improve the administration of elections.

Electionline.org provides daily news updates on election reform issues, as well as deeper analysis of selected topics, including recent reports on voter registration, recount procedures, and the progress in implementing the Help America Vote Act since 2002.

John Fortier is a Research Fellow at the American Enterprise Institute for Public Policy Research, where he is a principal contributor to the AEI-Brookings Election Reform Project.

Martha Kropf is an Assistant Professor of Political Science at the University of North Carolina-Charlotte. Her research specializes in issues surrounding the Help America Vote Act, voting technology, and ballot design.

Michael J. Hanmer is an assistant professor in the Department of Government and Politics at the University of Maryland, where he specializes in American Politics, with a focus on voting behavior, public opinion, electoral reform, and political methodology.

Michael Traugott is an Adjunct Professor of Political Science and a Professor of Communication Studies at the University of Michigan, where his focus is on American politics. In the field of election reform, he has examined vote-by-mail systems and the usability of voting technology.

Norman J. Ornstein is a Resident Scholar at the American Enterprise Institute for Public Policy Research, where is the co-director of the AEI-Brookings Election Reform Project.

Paul Gronke is an associate professor of political science at Reed College, where he coordinates the Early Voting Information Center.

Richard Hasen is the William H. Hannon Distinguished Professor of Law Chair at the Loyola Law School in Los Angeles.

Robert Stein is the Lena Gohlman Fox Professor of Political Science at Rice University. A specialist in urban politics and public policy, he has also studied voting behavior and vote centers.

A Professor of Political Science at MIT, Steven Ansolabehere studies elections, democracy, and the mass media. A member of the Caltech-MIT Voting Technology Project, he has studied both the reliability of different types of electronic voting systems and the effect of voter registration on turnout.

Ted Selker is an Associate Professor at the MIT Media and Arts Technology Laboratory and a member of the Caltech-MIT Voting Technology Project. His recent election reform related work has focused on usability issues.

Thomas Mann is the W. Averell Harriman Chair and a Senior Fellow in Governance Studies at the Brookings Institution, where he co-directs the AEI-Brookings Election Reform Project.

Tova Andrea Wang is a Democracy Fellow at the Century Foundation, where she was also the executive director the post-2004 Election Reform Working Group. Her recent work emcompasses a number of areas of election reform.

Wendy Weiser is the Deputy Director of the Democracy Program at the Brennan Center for Justice at the NYU School of Law where she has contributed to the Center's work on voter registration and voting integrity.